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On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:43 PM, ralph.goers @dslextreme.com
<ralph.goers@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Sorry for jumping in in the middle.
>
> Code contributed to Apache must be under some form of an agreement. If the
> code was authored by an individual and that individual has an ICLA on file
> then they can contribute the software under their ICLA. If a group of
> developers developed something and all have ICLAs on file and want to
> contribute it, I believe it would be acceptable but still should have a
> Software Grant to identify all the individuals and the fact that they were
> all under an ICLA. If a group of developers created something for their
> employer and they don't have ICLAs on file then the employer needs to
> submit a software grant.
>
> From the facts below it sounds like a software grant should be filed.
Hi, Ralph--thanks for your participation! For much of DeltaSpike's IP
going forward, the situation will very likely be as you have stated.
However, in this case, I notice you didn't mention Red Hat's CCLA. We
have stated assurances from Red Hat counsel and management on
deltaspike-private to the effect that they are on board, in addition
to the link to the very public affirmation of this fact provided by
Gerhard. These would seem to indicate satisfactorily that Red Hat's
CCLA does cover these contributions, and I am therefore intending to
call the matter of Red Hat's contributions to DeltaSpike closed.
Thanks again,
Matt
>
> Ralph
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Gerhard Petracek <gpetracek@apache.org>wrote:
>
>> hi matt,
>>
>> imo we have to care about it in case of other external contributions we are
>> going to get quite soon.
>>
>> however, in case of seam3 i don't see any issue at all.
>> #1 redhat has a ccla on file
>> #2 they contacted us [1] to join forces (and they found out that the asf is
>> also a great place for them to do so) and they announced it as well [2]
>> #3 their employees who wrote the original source-code do the initial import
>> after we agreed on it from a technical point of view
>> #4 basically there isn't a license issue at all, because the source-code is
>> AL v2 licensed already (@our higher quality standard: see #1-#3)
>>
>> if we think that #1-#4 isn't enough, imo it's faster to ask redhat to write
>> a formal letter that they grant us access explicitly.
>>
>> for sure that's just my personal opinion.
>>
>> regards,
>> gerhard
>>
>> [1] http://goo.gl/u3ewl
>> [2] http://planet.jboss.org/post/seam_next_announcement
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/1/16 Matt Benson <gudnabrsam@gmail.com>
>>
>> > It may also be pertinent to note that the codebases here in question
>> > are also ALv2 licensed.
>> >
>> > Matt
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Matt Benson <mbenson@apache.org> wrote:
>> > > Hi, all--per [1], "Generally, the mentors of a new project will need
>> > > to consult with general@incubator.apache.org or the Apache legal team
>> > > about the particular circumstances." So, here I am.
>> > >
>> > > The situation can be read in detail at [2], but in short is this:
>> > > DeltaSpike is intended to amalgamate "best of" add-on solutions from
>> > > the Java EE community with regard to the "Contexts and Dependency
>> > > Injection for the Java EE platform" (CDI) specification. Thus its
>> > > sources may incorporate code originating from numerous sources, but
>> > > due to a number of reasons including e.g. anticipated feature overlap,
>> > > it does not seem appropriate to include whole codebases under software
>> > > grants. The specific question at the moment regards code to which Red
>> > > Hat holds the copyright. The ASF has a filed CCLA from Red Hat, but I
>> > > have been taking the position that we still need some form of
>> > > assurance that code relating to CDI (primarily embodied in the Solder
>> > > and Seam) projects is *specifically* approved for contribution to
>> > > DeltaSpike. I'll present the basic question in multiple-choice form
>> > > (with options shown in order of difficulty):
>> > >
>> > > What do we need to show provenance?
>> > > a. Nothing. Stop being so damned paranoid. The CCLA is enough.
>> > > b. DeltaSpike's Red Hat-employed committers' assurance that their
>> > > employer is "on board."
>> > > c. A signed statement from Red Hat to the effect that their
>> > > employees are authorized to contribute CDI-related code.
>> > > d. A software grant for any codebase, even if we only intend to
>> > > cherry-pick from it.
>> > > e. Jim Whitehurst's eternal soul.
>> > > f. Something else, namely _____.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Matt on behalf of DeltaSpike
>> > >
>> > > [1]
>> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#initial-ip-clearance
>> > > [2] http://markmail.org/thread/g65yi42mdzvq5bu2
>> >
>>
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